Bracket for curtain rods



Oct. 25, 1932 u w VRQQM 1,884,414

BRACKET FOR CURTAIN RODS Filed Jan. 21. 1931 E INVENTOR Q W 19.40, U/wm MMY W ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 25, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE ROBERT D. W. VROOM, OF WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO H. L. JUDD COMPANY, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 01 DELAWARE BRACKET FOR CURTAIN RODS Application filed January 21, 1931.

My invention relates to a bracket for curtain rods, particularly, but not exclusively, adapted for intermediate supports for such rods.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a new and improved bracket for curtain rods which is cheap to manufacture, serviceable in use, easy to apply, having comparatively few parts, and which will securely hold the curtain rod.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a bracket of such form that the bracket can be attached to or detached from the curtain rod without removing the curtain rod from its other supports. Other objects and features of the invention will be pointed out or will become apparent upon a reading of the specification.

In the drawing which shows, for illustrative purposes only, a preferred form of the invention- Fig. 1 is a plan view of a curt in rod which is supported at the center by a bracket which embodies features of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the bracketshown in Fig. 1, the curtain rod being shown in section; 1

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the bracket shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

In saidillustrative drawing, 10 represents a curtainrod having end supports 10 and 10 of my own or any other construction. My invention is shown embodied in an intermediate support. In such intermediate support, 11 represents abracket member having a portion to coact with the front of the curtain rod and having a portion such as the rearwardly extending flange 12 which conforms to the shape of the exterior of the curtain rod and supports the bottom of the curtain rod. 13 is a spring member which has a portion 14 adjacent to one end thereof which conforms to the shape of the exterior of the curtain rod, and which is attached adjacent to the other end thereof to the member 11v preferably by means of a rivet 15. The member 11 has holes 16 and 17 therein for the passage of one or more screws 18 which are used to attach the member 11 to a wall or other support. Upon inspection of Fig. 2, it will be Serial No. 510,199.

that the invention may be otherwise embodied and employed in connection with brackets for curtain rods and the like of various types other than herein shown.

I claim:

A bracket for a curtain rod comprising a member to be fixed to a main support, and having a forwardly extending arm, the outer end of said arm extending downwardly and terminating in a rearwardly extending hook shaped flange forming a rigid seat for the lower part of a curtain rod, the upper part of said rod being rigidly supported from escape outwardly from said seat by said downward extension, a spring member secured at its inner end to the underside of said forwardly extending arm, the outer part of said member forming a yielding abutment shoulder to hold said rod seated and against rearward escape from said bracket.

R. D. W. VROOM. 

